Time Delimited Multiple Admission Method and System
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system for providing a provision of access to services comprising:
- (a) a ticket that enables use of services offered by one or more service providers during prespecified use periods, the ticket including;
a first use period enabling a ticket holder to use the ticket during the first use period in exchange for admission to services offered by one or more of the service providers; and
a second use period enabling the ticket holder to use the ticket during the second use period in exchange for admission to services offered by one or more of the service providers, where the second use period is different from the first use period; and
(b) one or more computer processors, using a communications network, enabling at least one of the service providers to process and redeem the ticket.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a provision of access to services. A time delimited, multiple use ticket/admissions card is provided that controls admission to services offered by participating service providers. The ticket/admissions card is issued to a ticket holder, and the card is valid for a certain amount of uses, where each use should be completed during a certain period of time. The first use of the card, for example, should be completed within a first time period, and if the first use is not completed during this first time period, then the first use expires; the second use of the card should be completed within a second time period, and if the second use is not completed during this second time period, then the second use expires. In this way, the ticket/admissions card provides a time delimited, multiple use scheme to control allowed admittance to authorized services.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system for providing a provision of access to services comprising:
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(a) a ticket that enables use of services offered by one or more service providers during prespecified use periods, the ticket including; a first use period enabling a ticket holder to use the ticket during the first use period in exchange for admission to services offered by one or more of the service providers; and a second use period enabling the ticket holder to use the ticket during the second use period in exchange for admission to services offered by one or more of the service providers, where the second use period is different from the first use period; and (b) one or more computer processors, using a communications network, enabling at least one of the service providers to process and redeem the ticket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer implemented system for providing a provision of access to services comprising:
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a ticket having two or more use periods defining time intervals in which the ticket is useable as a provision of access to services offered by a set of service providers; one or more computer processors, in communication with a credit card processing network, enabling at least one of the service providers to process the ticket in response to remittance by a ticket holder during one of the use periods, the one or more computer processors, in communication with the credit card processing network, redeeming the ticket without reporting of monetary value associated with the ticket; and where the service providers are authorized merchants that use the credit card processing network, each merchant having access to the credit card processing network to process the ticket using an input/out port to a card processor of the credit card processing network.
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22. A computer implemented method of providing a provision of access to services, comprising the computer implemented steps of:
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(a) providing a ticket that enables use of services offered by one or more service providers during prespecified use periods, the ticket having; a first use period enabling a ticket holder to use the ticket during the first use period in exchange for admission to services offered by one or more of the service providers; and a second use period enabling the ticket holder to use the ticket during the second use period in exchange for admission to services offered by one or more of the service providers, where the second use period is different from the first use period; and (b) enabling at least one of the service providers to process the ticket using a credit card processing network, where processing the ticket includes redeeming the ticket without reporting of monetary value associated with the ticket, where the service providers are authorized merchants that use the credit card processing network, each merchant having access to the credit card processing network to process the ticket using an input/out port to a card processor of the credit card processing network; and (c) in response to redeeming the ticket, enabling the ticket holder to have access to a user-selected service during the use period.
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